Illustrated here are handsome mansions, imposing courthouses, towering churches, giant flour mills, extravagant hotels, wooden grist mills, covered bridges, and humble cottages and outbuildings -- more than 300 structures lost to fire or demolition. A treasure trove of unique buildings, "Lost Virginia" underscores the importance of efforts to preserve other riches in Virginia's architectural heritage.
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The Virginia Historical Society is telling a ghost story... -- 64 Magazine
Urges architects, historians, and lay people to take stock of the Commonwealth's architectural past--and appreciate what remains. -- Inform Magazine
Urges architects, historians, and lay people to take stock of the Commonwealth's architectural past--and appreciate what remains. -- Inform Magazine
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Bryan Clark Green is associate curator for prints and photographs at the Virginia Historical Society.
Calder Loth is senior architectural historian at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
William M. S. Rasmussen is curator of art at the Virginia Historical Society.
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An outstanding book.,
By "mars13" (Elkton, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion (Hardcover)
Lost architecture has long been a passion of mine: there's something so humbling and bittersweet about buildings that exist now only in memory or on a few frames of precious film. After reading great works on the subject such as Constance Greiff's LOST AMERICA or Larry Millett's LOST TWIN CITIES, I had often complained, "Why isn't there a book like this for my home state?"I can complain no more. LOST VIRGINIA is here at last! The book is certainly everything I could have hoped for, combining clear, informative text with beautifully reproduced photos. Hundreds of lost buildings are finally given notice and recognition, from mansions like Rosewell, Barboursville and Pratt's Castle to Rockbridge County's splendid boom hotels (including my favorite long-vanished building, Goshen's Alleghany Hotel). I can't recommend this book more highly or think of a better gift for any fan of architecture or Virginia history. And since there are many lost buildings yet to be documented, I hope there will some day be a sequel!
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Too bad not available.,
This review is from: Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion (Hardcover)
If you are interested in lost Virginia artchitecture, this is a must-have book. Too bad it's so hard to find, but Amazon finally came through!
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